9.6% ▼ -47.5%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greta · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Greta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Greta provide unpaid childcare, making it one of the most active areas for this kind of work. This high level of family care stands out against a sharp drop in local volunteering over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.6% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and represents a fall of 8.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 34.3% of residents providing this care—well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. Meanwhile, 13.3% of people provide other unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.3% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.3% ▲ +80.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Greta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115070/greta/topic/community